his candle shall soone be put out Iob thou mayst hope to see the day some forty yeares hence that Moyses will come to thy nation of Madian nere Aus to Raguels house who hath a little Boy called Iethro Who can tell but vve may have affinitie vvith him And Pharaoh that shal be in tyme vvhen God vvill judge 400. yeares since vvild Ismael aged 18. vexed Isaak entring into six doubt not Iob but that thou shalt see the day about 80. y. hence to see judgments Pharaoh wil be sent â—â— his own feet into the net when he pursueth Israel wâ—â—â— God in the fourth age brings them out And so otheâ— wicked of families amongst vs shall soone have their naâ—â— put out Consider Iob these are the habitations of thâ— vnrighteous as thou art I must tell the plainely aâ—â— this plainely is thy case that knowest not the Omnipotent Chap. XIX Iob. How long will yee fret me with words Now tâ—â— times yee haue reproched me Fiue times I spake and fiue times you crossing my speaches Eliphaz twise and Bildad twise and Zophar once Suppose I have erred 〈…〉 my errour continue with me Eliphaz hath made me 〈…〉 be counted wicked over Theman because I am so greatly plagued and saith that my children were punished fâ—â— their sinnes And because God hath geven me over inâ—â— the hand of the wicked Chaldeans in my Camels and wicked Sabeans who have forgoten our kindred in Abraham Eliphaz will have me counted wicked bringing my wretched case an argument against me Bildâ—â— will make all the Land Sacchaea make me a parable and Zophar over all Minnaea The Agarey of Hagar and Châ—tramis Land of Cheturam Abrahams wife In Arab 〈…〉 we terme gladly names in the letter M these will have as ill a conceit of me Thema of wild Ismael is most quiet my next neighbour to our Aus or Uz land where mountaines of Chaldaea ly East Saba that took my Oxen Asses West and Dry Thema South When my story shal be written men will think then I am of Vz in Edom. It is much that Eliphaz commeth to grace of prophane Esavv that sold his Birthright for a messe of Pottage Iâ— him God in wrath remembreth mercy But one svvalovv maketh not a summer Of prophane Nachor Elihu is one best of all vs. But of Chetura our best and most good be Amongst all these families yee vvould have me counted one that forgetteth God Yee deale too proudly against me Knovv then that God hath dealt more strangely vvith me then ever vvith vvicked men for vvickednes Knovv then that the Puissant hath overthrovvne me and compassed his net about me As never to any man for vvickednes If I complaine I cannot be heard The common rule is call vpon me in the day of trouble and I vvill heare thee But I call as one that God should heare but no sentence is geven Therefore my case is strange not as of one punished for vvickednes He hath hedged me in on every side that I cannot passe He hath not done so vvith vvicked Nemrod nor vvith any vvicked He hath bestript me of all my honour vvhereas I vvas Lord chief Iustice in all our confoederated provinces and the richest of all Abrahams sonns by Ketura He hath puld me dovvne on every side as never any for sin For Gods patience leadeth them in many degrees still to repentance and I goe avvay vncapable of any benefit in this vvorld His anger is kindled against me and he houldeth me as one of his enimies Elihu vvill reply vpon this Chap. 33. 10. as that I complaine vpon vvrong and cannot be heard Ch. 34. 3. c. As he holdeth me as one of his enimyes so he commeth vvith an host against me His host of affliction in vvealth body and frinds come together against me cast vp their trench against me and camp about my tent my brethren all honorers my kinefolke my promoted my hirelinges my maydens my vvife prinkockes sage counselers my tendered And my body is so leane that it cleaveth to my bones so full of sores that onely the flesh of my teeth vvithin my lippes hath escaped Therefore do ye persecute me as the Omnipotent holdeth me as one of his enemies and why are ye not satisfied with my flesh so eaten vp but ye will as savage beasts eat my bones And where ye say that I am one that forget God I have a ready answer for my hope as Abraham taught vs in our fathers how Adam lost life and brought death vpon all But the S. of God will dwell in our tabernacle and performe justice for vs That as all being in Adam lost life so they who will receive the abundance of the grace of the gift of justice shall reigne by one The abundance of grace is in this That one disobedience brought death but the grace washeth all soule sore from the sole of the foot to the top of the head Now of Abraham the God of Bethel will take flesh in Isaac his death and resurrection were taught with Iacob he wrestled and shewed how his delite is to play with the sonnes of Adam Of Iuda he commeth that tribe shall not be scattered till his Sonne commeth Iacob in Mestra land where the great river Aegypt is told all this in his last speach and thence we learned all But as now we of Ketura in Ismaels land stick to God and none of Israell forsake the Idols of Aegypt so in tyme we shall have equall glory though when they have the land of Canaan and all must come thither to worship our children will not but be enemies Troupes of Camels shall cover the land Dromedaries of Madian and Ghepha our house and all of Saba the Saba that robbed me now godlesse they shall bring gold and incense and preach the praise of the Eternall Yea and wild Ismael wil be ashamed of Hagar and name them of Sara and Cedar Nabaioth called commonly Nabathaea shall serve the God of Bethel the Angel that wrestled with Iacob in memorie of which story Iacob vvas called Israel and the place Phanuel This I know that seing in Abraham all families shal be blessed Abrahams naturall specially Now then I will bring the sum of my faith and ô that my words vvere written and drawne in a book graven with a pen of iron with lead were in stone for ever How I know that my redeemer is the everliving and at the last shall arise vpon the dust dying for our sinnes and arising for our justification And after wormes spend this my skin flesh I meane after my resurrection and I vse a doubtfull terme to conteyne both 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from my flesh shall I see the Puissant When God hath been manifest in the flesh and seen of Angels and taken vp in glorie The very same body shall come to this soule not a new body God hath all the dust of the earth in measure and all dust of bodyes eaten with
He placeth the just with Kings in throne as he did thee when thou didst well and if they be bound in chaines of sorrow he will open their eares to correction If they will not heare they shall die without knowledge But hypocrites in heart store vp wrath their soul dyeth in youth He saveth the poore in their anguish and openeth their eaâ—e in oppression As he made thee great of a small man one of the richest of Keturaes sonnes But as thou hast fulfilled the sentence of wicked some close errour sentence and judgement have layd hold Since ire is come look he cast thee not off will he esteeme thy noblenes great hospitalitie such ransome which thou spakest off Ch. 29. will not help away This may be thy very great sin that thou doest breath vnto death in thy coÌ„tinuall speaches as mistrusting Gods will or power to restore thee And this also that thou wouldest be reasoning with God Beware thou look not to sorow to choose death for thy affliction Mistrust not Gods power for thy restoring Mark the Omnipotent sets vp by his strength and vvho art thou that disputest vvith God vvho can teach as he vvho can say Thou vvorkest evill Remember to magnifie his vvorkes vvhich all men see even the meteores in the ayre vvhich all men behould but none can tell hovv they be ruled for mercy and plage In raine for men cattell and plantes In thundring and lightening in snovv and vvintery vveather sealing mens hands from vvork to cast their accompts vvith better leasure for husbandry Ice cloudy vveather clearnes heat and such Through the North a golden light commeth but a terrible glorie is in the Puissant The almighty he is huge of strength able to pay all that vvilbe contending and him vve cannot find out to be pleading vvith him But of judgement in tendring his creatures and justice of â—â—â—cy he deliteth not to afflict Therefore sad-men feare him He respecteth no vvise in conceit such as vvilbe pleading vvith him Of Ch. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. The speaches of God plead not of Iobs faults but of vvishing to plead vvith God Whom he teacheth froÌ„ his visible vvorks yet vnsearchable that Gods counsel for men is deeper And vvho should plead vvith God vvho punisheth not but the proud and the deserving and vvhy God rejecteth men none should plead seing to the visible creatures our vvit reacheth not to see the reason of them I leave the vvhole text to be sought for them Novv Chap. 42. hath no hardnes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Faults escaped Chap. 30. vers 11. for strings read string and c. Chap. 31. v. 34. for and those of families to basenes that made me shrink c. read but such families come to basenes That made me shrink c. Chap. 36. v. 13. put out â— in the end of the line Iob. 35. 10. Our adversary the Di vel goeth about like a roaring lyon seeking whoÌ„ he may devour 1 Pet. 5. 8. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Divel false accuser Gen. 3. and here is taxed Bildad chap. 8. 4. 1 Tim. 6. â— He pleadeth for this as well sayd Chap. 7. And Bildad blameth this Ch. 8. * * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mat. 13. â—4 * * Arjeh Shachal Cephir Laish Laby be names of Lyons sundry in age and condition playne in Ebrew notation which I touch Of Laish in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 coÌ„meth a Lyon and of Laby Low in Dutch Uirgil Aeneid 2. so expresseth a dreames time Tempus erat quo prima quies mortalibus aegris incipit et dono serpit gratissima divum * * As God is only good and onely hath immortality so light and truth all in perfectioÌ„ ††The body made of earth is 2 Cor. 5. 1. the earthly house of our tabernacle S. Paul calling vs to this oration of mans basenes `` Moses toucheth this Psas 90. teaching vs our miserie and repeateth Eliphaz terme Dacca Thou turnest man to Dacca to bruising miserie and sayest returne ye sonnes of Adam Psal 90. 3. * * Man in honour continueth not is made like the beastes that perish and all giftâ—â— of reason above beasts come to nothing This oration should teach Iewes Gentiles to reiect all thought of justice by theâ—â— works seing they are dead in sinne that they may receive the abundance of grace of the gift of justice to reigne by Christ Rom. 5. 17. ††will like of thy grudging against God * * Ch. 36. 20. In that thou desirest night of death Elihu will not like of it “ “ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 4. 5. ԠԠDeut. 32. 39. ‡ ‡ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * * ch 9. 10. Rom. 11. 33. ††Psal 107. 42. * * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ††To Chap. â— 2. ††Ebr. are swallowed vp “ “ RambaÌ„ He meaneth that he crieth complaineth not without cause as the wild or tame beasts do not when they have all that they need But he cryeth for his calamities Aben Ezra saith he spake this of his felowes which were in quietnes how the quiet roar not or coÌ„playn * * Rambam Your speach is not seasoned with salt I cannot abide it ‘,‘ ‘,‘ And can I chose but cry in this case ††Lechem is flesh in Arabique “ “ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Phil. 1. 21. Death would be a gain to me ″ ″ In all this pang if God would make an end of me it should be my comfort and I would take courage in my sicknes to bear it by my ioy that I should dye because I professed the religion of God Abr. Ben. Peritz Here is a close touch of Jobs faith for the immortalitie of the soule by his desire of death to go from his pangs and that he should dye without sinne to be worthy of the life of the world to come ††To see prosperitie Ch. 5. 26. ‘ ‘ To ch â— 18 ††When I sayd the beasts would not complain but in lack and that your wordes were vnsavoury RaÌ„bam * * In winter when water is plentifull yce snow make them deep But in sommer they ar dry that waters be scant in Thema Esa 21. and Herodot all stories “ “ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the double reading abridging the similitude given of God may wel be translated as S. Luke ch 4. translateth Esa 61. The Chaldy translated the Margent knowing that both have Gods authority ԠԠTireu ve Tyrau Here first commeth in sweet sounds from hence very often in the Law specially the Psalmes ††Ye need not to feare in a cause wherein ye have no harme But ye may quietly reasonâ— find that I am not to be condemned for wickednes Might in wordes cannot overcome right * * Touching my complaint Chap. 3. ††Because Eliphaz Ch. 5. 1. replyed vpoÌ„ his wordes he requiteth that here ԠԠIn that ye count me